"Northwest reels from deadly back-to-back storms"

Article From CNN Dec 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/12/04/northwest.storms/index.html#cnnSTCText



The Lead for this piece was very good and adressed the most important effects from the storms. The second paraphraph and following quote were good becuase it gave readers hope that officials are really trying to help people and are making a solid effort in trying to fix the damage as quickly as possible.
The rest of the story went on describing poeple personal experiences and the fear of such a horrible natural desastor. This worked will with the piece becuase it made it more personal from statistics of flood levels and damage estamates.
Although 5 people were mentioned to have died in the lead, not further details were given. It would have maybe been nice to mention them again. But the piece did flow well with out that information.